Obviously a tech stealing drugs is not going to record that he or she placed a bottle containing a controlled substance in the trash to take out later. In the same logic, do you think an employee walking out the door with a concealed bottle of Oxycontin in his pocket is going to record that as well? You said: "If techs are putting
bottles like that in trash cans that clerks use then that's a problem with management." I'm assuming you mean bottles containing controlled substances here (please correct me if I'm wrong in assuming so)? "But
trash from behind the counter isn't supposed to be put into outside dumpsters unless it's shredded or the trash bin is locked." I don't consider bottles containing drugs to be "trash," so which argument are you trying to make here?
Also, if we're going by google searches as evidenced citations, let's take a look at this hit from another simple google search: "Empty bottles from controlled substances can be disposed of in any appropriate waste container." - taken from
https://www.ehs.uci.edu/apps/controlprimer/controlprimer.jsp#s13. Yes, this is from the Environmental Health and Safety at UC Irvine, but it is just as credible as the research link you posted.
If you get the actual DEA regulations citing this on Tuesday, I will have no problem admitting I'm incorrect.
Finally, if you're going to make snarky comments about others such as the SAT analogy remark, what about page 1 of this thread when you chose to ignore where several others and myself stated multiple times that some people have to bring personal belongings/clothes/equipment for other jobs into our pharmacy jobs because we simply can not stop at home to drop things off or pick them up in between classes and work or job 1 and job 2. Instead you repeatedly kept saying this was an inexcusable and unprofessional practice but gave no reasons why it was unprofessional. Surely, you remember having to take the reading comprehension and writing skills sections on the PCAT, or was that just too long ago for you?